With the Sangre De Christo Mountains serving as a backdrop, the AAPRCO San Juan Limited ascends the west slope of Veta Pass.

Early spring weather rolls eastward from the Medicine Bow Mountain Range and streams over Wyoming’s Sherman Hill with gray clouds on March 25, 2008. A momentary and serendipitous break in the cl... (more)

UP 8305 leads a smaller but ever-trusty SD40-2 on Proviso to North Platte symbol MPRNP on a winter afternoon.

Most days one could just sit by the tracks and watch coal trains go past like a steady procession, loaded or empty. It's a crisp and clear December afternoon as the 8051 arrives in Fremont with a ... (more)

Locomotives really are washed once in a while
A Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC gets a thorough cleaning before heading into the main shop for an overhaul on Track 2 at the east side buildi... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC No. 8046 is in for repair at the east side building at the large Diesel Shop at the railroad’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

A string of long-stored Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC locomotives sit in a yard track near the Progress Rail Services facility south of Bill, Wyoming, on July 11, 2023.

2 SD9043AC's power this empty coal train around the curve at Pottstown. This location was wide open in 2002 following the realignment of Illinois highway 8 and the tracks at this location, but to... (more)

An August early afternoon finds the 8267 leading UP and SP AC4400CWs as they get a coal train up to speed after a crew change in Fremont, NE. Fuji Astia.

Union Pacific EMD SD9043MAC No. 3598, along with several other units, is stored behind the shop at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. Larger shield and w... (more)

The Avon turn heads back to Senate Ave with 9009 leading the way. Here they are passing Graffiti Trail, a local art studio here in Indy.

INRD 9012 leads an Avon bound train east former Belt Line trackage. INRD just recently started running stacks to CSX at Avon meaning more business for the Hoosier railroad.

A hot SAHW blasts out of Unionville Tunnel with its usual duo of SD90's leading the charge.

INRD 9010 passes the old PRR PL as it goes over the diamond at CP Dale. Dale was once where the PRR from Indy to Louisville crossed over the Indianapolis Belt Railway.

INRD 9010 leads INRD's Avon turn around the wye at CP IU and south out of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.